Election Page #7

PAUL (VO)

I sure was surprised the day Lisa

Flanagan asked me for a ride home and

ended up blowing me.

Lisa pauses and looks up at Paul.

LISA:

I've wanted this for so long.

She resumes with renewed vigor

PAUL:

Uhhh... teeth. Teeth.

LISA:

Sorry.

INT. MILLARD HIGH CAFETERIA DAY

Paul and Lisa sit with some other friends at a lunch table. Paul has

one arm around Lisa as he eats with his other hand.

PAUL (VO)

Life is so weird. First Lisa has a big

fight with my sister, and the next thing

you know she's my girlfriend.

Lisa turns around to look at

TAMMY seated at another table directly behind them. She and Lisa lock

eyes before they both turn around again.

EXT. FOOTBALL FIELDDAY

Paul poses for a campaign photo in his football uniform. He freezes

in position as though about to throw a pass. Lisa adjusts his

position -- CLICK.

PAUL (VO CONT'D)

Since Lisa knew all about public

relations and stuff, she offered to help

me with my campaign. We made a great

team!

Tammy spies from underneath the bleachers

INT. MILLARD HALLWAYDAY

Paul is on all fours as Lisa stands on his back to hang a poster with

Paul's football picture reading: "Paul Metzier You Bet-zier!"

PAUL (VO CONT'D)

It seemed so natural, the two of us

together. It was like destiny.

Tammy watches from a nearby classroom door, her nose and cheek pressed

against the window.

EXT. LISA'S HOUSEDAY

Paul's truck pulls up, and Paul and Lisa get out

PAUL (VO CONT'D)

That spring was perfect. My leg wasn't

bugging me too much, and the weather was

so nice. And every afternoon after

school. Lisa and I would go to her house

to f*** and have a swim. It was like we

were in a world all our own.

Tammy emerges from behind a tree. She's on her bike. Angry and

fragile, she watches the couple enter Lisa's house.

EXT. LISA'S BACKYARDDAY

Tammy peeks OVER THE FENCE and sees --

LISA AND PAUL swimming. Paul dives off the board and resurfaces right

into Lisa's arms.

MOVE CLOSER TO TAMMY as she dies a thousand deaths.

TAMMY (VO)

I had to do something. I didn't know

what, but I had to do something.

FADE OUT:

INT. SHERRY NOVOTNY'S BACKYARD -- DAY

A laughing BABY BOY is lowered into frame and pulled back up again.

Then he swings across frame. It's little DARRYL NOVOTNY.

WIDE -

JIM has Darryl by the ankles and is swinging him between his legs.

Diane and Sherry are setting the picnic table. Stacked charcoal

briquettes burn off in a nearby barbecue.

JIM (VO)

Around that time Diane and I were

hanging out a lot at Sherry Novotny's

house, giving her our love and support

and helping her make it through a

difficult time.

DIANE:

Jim, don't. You're scaring him.

JIM:

He likes it.

Darryl's laughter suddenly turns into CRYING

DIANE:

Here. Give him to me.

(as she takes

Darryl)

is little Darryl dizzy? That's it. .

come here. . .

SHERRY:

You got him?

DIANE:

Yeah.

Sherry heads into the house. JIM watches her walk, then turns toward

Diane and Darryl. It's as though Diane, not Sherry, were the infant's

real mother, so loving and attentive is she, so swelled with maternal

piety.

JIM (VO)

Diane really wanted to have kids -- and

so did I -- but it seemed like there was

always a reason to wait: she had to

finish nursing school, I had to get my

masters, we needed a new house, we

needed more money. Finally we just

decided to go for it...

INT. JIM'S BEDROOMNIGHT

A DIGITAL THERMOMETER reads 99.3. Behind it Diane lies in bed reading

a copy of Self.

JIM (VO)

...but for over a year we hadn't had

any luck. And Diane was getting

desperate.

INT. JIM'S HOME OFFICENIGHT

At his desk, JIM studies a High Society magazine. He is naked.

JIM closes his eyes and bites his lip as though feeling something he

wished not to leave him. He quickly replaces a stack of magazines in

his desk and goes across the hall to --

INT. BEDROOMCONTINUOUS

where 'Lisa''s car speeds away, growing smaller and smaller. We''re

back at the BREAK-UP. CLOSE ON TAMMY''S FACE as she stares down the

street, unable to move. It starts to rain. Tears roll down her

cheeks, mixing with the rain. very French, very sad.' waits in bed.

She puts aside her magazine and welcomes Papa Bear. Lisa pauses and

looks up at Paul. closes the door behind him.

INT. MCALLISTER BEDROOMLATER

JIM and Diane copulate. Although ostensibly near climax, JIM seems to

be struggling. Diane's exhortations, once forbidden and exciting, now

seem routine.

DIANE:

You gonna do it? You gonna do it?

JIM:

Yeah, uh, just a minute

DIANE:

Come on, doit. Doit. Fill me up. Come

on, fill me up

JIM:

Yeah, just --

DIANE:

Do it!

JIM finally climaxes

DIANE (CONT'D)

Okay!

With that JIM rolls off of her. Diane immediately hoists her knees to

her chest.

CLOSE ON JIM - on his side of the bed facing away from Diane.

DIANE:

Could you hand me the remote?

EXT. NOVOTNY BACKYARDAS BEFORE

JIM is snapped out of his reverie by Sherry's voice

SHERRY:

Say, Jim. Jim.

JIM looks. Sherry is walking out the patio door holding a big bottle

of wine with a corkscrew sticking out of it.

SHERRY (CONT'D)

Could you get this? I can't

JIM:

Sure.

JIM takes the bottle. CLOSE ON the neck as the cork emerges: POP!

INT. NOVOTNY KITCHEN -- DAY

Sherry stands at the base of a stepladder as JIM climbs up and points

to a spot on the ceiling.

JIM (VO)

Without Dave around. Sherry needed a

lot of help around the house.

JIM:

Here?

SHERRY:

(indicating)

More this way.

JIM:

Okay. Give me the drill.

JIM looks down at Sherry as she hands it up. Her blouse reveals a bit

more than it should, and JIM pauses to get an extra glimpse.

THE POWER DRILL BIT penetrates the ceiling.

EXT. HOVOTHY FRONT YARD -- DAY

A shirtless JIM is MOWING the lawn on a hot day. He shuts it off as

Sherry emerges from the house with lemonade. She wears culottes, a

halter top, and flip-flops.

JIM:

I'd always liked Sherry, but we'd never

had a chance to spend any time alone

together. How with Dave out of the

picture, I began to see what an

incredibly sensitive and giving person

she was.

JIM downs his glass in big thirsty gulps and hands her back the glass.

He watches her walk back to the house.

JIM (VO CONT'D)

Plus she had finally dropped all that

weight from her pregnancy, and really

she looked great.

THE RIPCORD of the lawnmower is pulled a couple of times until it

starts.

INT. YOUHKERS DEPARTMENT STORE -- DAY

IN WOMEN'S ACCESSORIES -

Sherry looks at herself in the mirror modeling a colorful floppy hat.

She spins around for Jim's approval.

JIM (VO)

We got to be pretty good buddies. I

even took her to the mall one time while

her car was in the shop.

JIM smiles and nods. She puts on another. Sherry is like a young

girl on a date. She grabs Jim's hand and pulls him in another

direction.

AT THE MAKEUP COUNTER - Sherry spreads on lipstick.

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